A C C Id Noodling

File Saving | Double Saving

• Save in InDesign, or INDD file format, to retain layers, type, and other editable InDesign content.
• Choose File > Save As and choose IDML to save your project as a file that is backwards-compatible with previous versions of Adobe InDesign starting with CS4.
• TIP: PDF file format is an export. As necessary, determine if the file format supports animation and is accessible to users.

World Order

• Menu bar at the top, over the Work Window.
• Panels on the right include Properties, Pages, and CC Libraries (containing a variety of controls for working with documents).
• TIP: Full list of panels under the Window menu. Window > Panels
• Toolbox on the left of the Work Window contains tools for creating and editing artwork.
• TIP: Tools / Toolbox behaves as an independent window. Window > Tools

Zoom Pan

• Ctrl +
• Ctrl -
• or View > Zoom In, etc.
• or magnifying glass on Tools
• Pan is little hand on Tools

Content

• Text and graphics reside in Frames.
• See the Frame Tool in Tools / toolbox.
• Frames snap into the page's column guides. Little thingy indicates good landing.
• File > Place. As is "place text" or "place a graphic" into the frame.
• TIP: Content is placed at original size unless the frame is pre-selected. Click the Content Grabber to select and isolate the graphic from the frame.
• TIP: Click the Import File button, under Quick Actions, near bottom of panel on the right.
• Edit text content much as in a word processor.
• Cycle images when multiple images open using Ctrl + arrow keys on keyboard.
• Font, Font Size, Color. TIP: Red handle in lower corner says text is not fitting naturally.
• Click T tool OR double click smack-dab in the text to enter for editing. TIP: the double-click inside method is faster and gets the appropriate Properties Panel (right side of screen) up.
• Edit > Select All or click four times in the paragraph until it succumbs.
• TIP: Ctrl+A.
• TIP: Select the frame for global text settings in that frame.
• Leading: vertical space betwixt lines (LeD-ing).
• The icon ... is to open More Options in that context.
• Paragraph Formatting: alignment + styles of that paragraph regardless of selected text. TIP: Paragraph Styles apply all settings to a whole paragraph.
• Character Formatting: selected text only. Likewise, the Character Styles apply to only selected text. TIP: Know what is showing in the panel.
• Select text then go to Type > Show Hidden Characters / Hide Hidden Characters
• Create Style. Either for Paragraph or Character level

Colors

• Frames have Fill (the canvas color inside the frame) and Stroke (the frame border). Fill Color
• TIP: No border (Stroke > Swatches > None) = 0 Stroke.
• TIP: Select document colors-set before project goes too long.
• Per Adobe, CMYK (printer inks) and RGB (on-screen red green blue) are two most common color formats. Screen or print?

Frames

• Arrangement = Most back, back of, top.
• Properties > Arrange Button (Bring to Front, Bring Forward, Move Back, Send to Back). What needs on top? What needs showing the least?
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